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Enabling Autonomous Sensing Devices for IoT with Thin Film Batteries

Johnson G., Hayden B.E., Lee C.E., Laughman D., Noble R., Turner L., Clarke O., Casey P., Ilika Technologies, UK

Applying its heritage of patented materials invention, Ilika has developed thin-film, solid-state, Li-ion batteries to meet the specific demands of applications in the IoT space. As IoT devices become utilized across a wider range of [...]

Towards Medical Diagnostics Using Hyperspectral X-ray Scatter

Greenwood C., Rogers K., Wilson M., Lyburn I., Evans P, Davies G., Cranfield University, UK

This pilot study builds from a recent international, programme that showed, for the first time, the clinical value of new biomarkers to predict fracture risk in osteoporotic patients. The research indicated several potential, high impact [...]

Nanodielectrics for use in HVDC power systems and their structure-property relationships using Chemometric methods

Stevens G.C., Freebody N.A., Vaughan A.S., Perrot F., Gnosys Global, UK

There is a need to develop materials with controlled electrical resistivity, reduced space charge accumulation, higher thermal conductivity, higher dielectric strength, enhanced voltage endurance and surface discharging erosion resistance to cope with DC stresses in [...]

Demand for Clean Energies Efficient Development in Building Technologies

Omer A., UON, UK

Aims/Purpose: The increased availability of reliable and efficient energy services stimulates new development alternatives. This article discusses the potential for such integrated systems in the stationary and portable power market in response to the critical [...]

An Overview of Biomass and Biogas for Energy Generation: Recent Development and Perspectives

Omer A., UON, UK

Biogas from biomass appears to have potential as an alternative energy source, which is potentially rich in biomass resources. This is an overview of some salient points and perspectives of biogas technology. The current literature [...]

Advanced Materials for self-healing electrical insulation systems

Basu S., German I., Rhodes R., Stevens G.C., Thomas J., Gnosys Global Ltd, UK

Recently, there have been significant advancements in the development of self-healing materials. When damaged, these materials are capable of autonomously repairing the damage, restoring the pre-damage characteristics of the material and preserving asset integrity. This [...]

The Development of an Automated Nano Sampling Handling System for Nanometre Protein Crystallography Experiments

Docker P., Axford D., Prince M., Cordovez B., Kay J., Stuart D., Evans G., Diamond light Source, UK

As the world’s synchrotrons and X-FELs endeavour to meet the need to analyse ever-smaller protein crystals, there grows a requirement for a new technique to present nano-dimensional samples to the beam for X-ray diffraction experiments.The [...]

The application of 3D printing to study microfluidic architecture for ‘on chip’ mixing systems for SRCD and UV spectroscopy

Prince M., Docker P., Burton C., Hussain R., Kay J., Silgardi G., Diamond light Source, UK

Circular dichroism (CD) is the differential absorption of left- and right-handed circularly polarized light. It is a form of spectroscopy used to determine the optical isomerism and secondary structure of molecules, and to study a [...]

The Automation of Protein Crystal Presentation for X Ray Diffraction Experiments using Standing Acoustic Waves in a Microfluidic Chip Environment

Burton C., Docker P., Prince M., Leaper M., Kay J., Stuart D., Evans G., Diamond light Source, UK

As the pressure continues to grow on Diamond and the world’s synchrotrons for higher throughput of diffraction experiments, new and novel techniques are required for presenting these micron dimension crystals to the X ray beam. [...]

Effect of IMC thickness on thermo-mechanical reliability of lead-free solder joints in solar cell assembly

Zarmai M.T., Ekere N.N., Oduoza C.F., Amalu E.H., University of Wolverhampton, UK

The fatigue failure of lead-free SnAgCu solder joints in solar cell assembly is studied to determine the effect of thickness of intermetallic compound (IMC) layer on the reliability of the joints. Finite element modelling (FEM) [...]